Lexical Definition

‎חֶלְקָה‎ chelqâh (khel-kaw') portion ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎חֵלֶק‎

field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).

• properly, smoothness
• figuratively, flattery
• also an allotment

1) portion, parcel
1a) of ground
2) smooth part, smoothness, flattery
2a) smoothness, smooth part
2b) slippery places
2c) smoothness, flattery

See Greek: γυμνός · δόλιος · μερίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חֶלְקָה‎ noun feminine portion of ground; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Amos 4:7 (twice in verse) + 8 t.; construct ‎חֶלְקַת‎ Gen 33:19 + 12 t.; suffix ‎חֶלְקָתִי‎ Jer 12:10 ‎חֶלְקָתָם‎ Job 24:18 portion of ground,

1. especially
a. ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ = the clearly divided field Gen 33:19; Josh 24:32 (both E), 2Sam 23:11; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 4:3; 2Kgs 9:25; 1Chr 11:13. Also
b. without ‎השׂדה‎ Amos 4:7 (twice in verse); 2Sam 14:30 (twice in verse); 2Sam 14:31; 2Sam 23:12; 2Kgs 3:19; 2Kgs 3:25; 2Kgs 9:21; 2Kgs 9:26 (twice in verse); 1Chr 11:14; Job 24:18 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s land Jer 12:10 (twice in verse) (|| ‎כַּרְמִי‎); compare also proper name, of a location ‎חלקת חַצֻּרִים‎ 2Sam 2:16 field of sword-edges (Dr), ᵐ5 Ew^{G iii. 156, Eng. tr. 114} We read ‎הַצֹּדִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ field of plotters or liers-in-wait (see Dr).

2. portion of ground assigned to one, ‎מחקק‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Deut 33:21 commander's portion.

II. [‎חֶלְקָה‎] noun feminine smooth part, smoothness, flattery; — construct ‎חֶלְקַת‎ Gen 27:16; Prov 6:24 plural ‎חֲלָקוֺת‎ Ps 12:3* + 3 t.; —

1. smoothness, smooth part ‎חֶלְקַת צַוָּארָיו‎ Gen 27:16.

2. plural slippery places Ps 73:18 figurative of situation of wicked.

3. smoothness = flattery ‎׳‎‎שְׂפַת חִ‎ Ps 12:3*, compare vPs 12:4* ‎חֶלְקַת לָשׁוֺן‎ Prov 6:24 = substantive plural smooth things, i.e. agreeable, flattering things Isa 30:10. — 1. ‎חֶלְקָה‎ see below I. ‎חלק‎.

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